Rein-protector



(No' Model.)

D. LEITH.

' REIN PROTEGTOR.

No. 357,776. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

' WITNESSES: INVBNTOR:

BY m g ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVIDLEITH, OF TRENTON, TENNESSEE.

RElN-PROT'ECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,776. dated February 15, 1887.

A pplicaiion filed July 14,1886.

Serial No. 208,008. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern]:

Be it known that 1, DAVID LEI'lH, of Treir ton, in the county of Gibson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Rein-Protector, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ac-. companying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rein-protector. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures ofthe drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for attachment to the dash-board of vehicles for inclosing the reins and preventing the horse from getting them under his tail, thereby avoiding some of the dangers and inconveniences experienced in driving.

My invention consists inv an elliptical skeleton frame open along its upper side for receiving the reins, and provided with parallel rods for embracing the dash-board and holding the skeleton frame in position for use.

To the bottom bar, A, are secured the elliptical rings B, by means of rivets or in any other suitable way. The upper sides of the rings are split and separated a sufficient distance to admit of readily placing the reins within the rings and removing them therefrom. To the top of the series of rings, and

on opposite sides of the slits in the rings, are secured bars 0.

Two rods, D, are secured in the bar A at right angles to the bar, and are arranged a suitable distance apart to receive between them the dashboard E. To secure the rods upon the dash-board, I provide clips F, formed of a bar of iron doubled or bent into a U shape, with the bolt a extending through holes in the free ends of the bars. By means of these clips the rods D may be clamped against opposite sides of the dash-board E.

The rein-protector may be of any suitable length, and maybe formed of any desirable number of split rings B and bars C. It may be applied to either side of the vehicle, and when the reins are received in the rings they will be thoroughly protected against interference of the horses tail by the bars A (J. j

It is obvious that, if desirable, the skeleton frame may be provided with a suitable covering, such as leather or cloth; also that a. brace, 12, may be placed in the angle between the frame 0 and outer rod, D, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rein-protector formed of a tubular skeleton frame open at one side for receiving the reins, parallel rods D, secured to the frame, and clips F, for fastening the rods on the dash-board, substantially as shown and described.

2. A rein-protector formed of a tubular support open along its upper side for receiving the reins, and means, substantially as shown and described, for securing the support to the dash-board.

DAVID LEITH.

Witnesses:

R. O. ADAMS, W. D. RAINEY. 

